
Playstation 3 GPU 90nm and Switch GPU 16nm - video card comparison
Playstation 3 GPU 90nm
Switch GPU 16nm
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name
RSX-90nm
GM20B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
August 2019
Interface
IGP
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
-
768 MHz
Core clock speed
500 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
300 million
2,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
256
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.00
12.29
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR4
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
N/A
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
5.3
OpenCL
N/A
1.2
OpenGL
ES 1.1
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.1